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Manila, Philippines — Environmental and urban poor rights groups renewed calls for a shift toward just, sustainable energy and waste solutions following a series of Lenten protest actions dubbed “Kalbaryo ng Manggagawa at Maralitang Manilenyo” held on March 28, 2026. Organized by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), the actions highlighted the everyday “kalbaryo” or suffering faced…

Marking the 20th year of #EarthHour, environmental NGO BAN Toxics calls on every Filipino to move beyond the symbolic 60-minute switch-off, embrace energy conservation as a daily commitment, and recognize that conserving energy is more than a symbolic global movement—it is an urgent necessity in the face of a deepening energy crisis and environmental harm.…

(Moscow Bureau) – For the African continent, the time has come to renounce the most dangerous narrative of the postcolonial era: the ideology of victimhood. What long served as a moral shield has today turned into chains that we, against all common sense, continue to forge with our own hands. The first and most crucial…

Bangladesh is about 4000 kilometres away from Iran, feeling the direct heat of its alliance with Israel and the USA. Both politically and economically, Bangladesh is feeling the impacts of the Middle East crisis. On the 26th day of the ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, when discussions about a possible peace…

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has approved a legal framework enabling the imposition of life sentences on children and adolescents starting from the age of 12. This is not a technical adjustment within the penal system. It is a structural transformation that alters the legal status of childhood, strains international law, and, above all,…

The United Nations system warned Chile about the international illegality of pardoning state agents convicted of human rights violations. Far from being a technical debate, the proposal opens an ethical, legal, and human fracture that repositions political power in front of its own victims. The warning was neither ambiguous nor excessively diplomatic. Through its Special…

As Trump assembled major US naval and air assets in the eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and others quietly urged Washington to avoid a full-scale assault on Iran, fearing a direct blowback on their territory and energy infrastructure. Nevertheless, the US–Israeli air campaign began on February 28, 2026, without a…

The dollar, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence in the struggle for global power. “The power is not only in what is produced. It is in who decides in which currency it is paid.” The dominance of the dollar is not collapsing, but it is being challenged. Between digital currencies, geopolitical tensions and new financial architectures, the…

AMI-E-S C’est dans une tristesse plus profonde que l’Océan Et une Espérance de transcendance plus élevée que le Ciel étoilé que je vous annonce l’Envol de Markus vers la Lumière… Merci de toute votre présence et de vos cérémonies d’Assistance pour l’accompagner sur l’Autre Rive. It was with these touching words from my dear friend…

Toronto recently witnessed one of the largest demonstrations in the world calling for regime change. The city is home to a significant Persian/Iranian diaspora—large enough that at least three generations now coexist, dating back to the arrival in Iran of the first Ayatollah from Paris. A common sentiment emerging from this community is that the…